The Brewers are interrupting their important 7-game series against the Chicago Cubs with 2 games against what might again be the best team in baseball.
The Houston Astros may have a playoff spot (virtually) clinched already at a staggering 40 games over .500 (89-49), but they’re still in a race with the Yankees for the best record in the league (and with the Dodgers for home field advantage in a potential World Series rematch). While we all laugh at the complete mediocrity of the NL Central this year, we can be thankful the Brewers aren’t in the AL West, where the Oakland Athletics are 20 games over .